Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya on Wednesday told the UN Security Council that Russia had declared war on his country, calling on the Council to stop Russian troops from attacking Ukraine.
The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 15-member body met on Wednesday night in the second emergency Security Council meeting on Ukraine in three days.
Kyslytsya said that most of his statement was “useless now” after the Russian Ambassador had stated openly from the floor of the Council that President Vladimir Putin had “declared war on my country”.
He welcomed the intention of some Council members to submit a resolution condemning the aggression against Ukraine, saying “there is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell”.
Kyslytsya asked the Russian Ambassador to clarify whether Ukraine was being bombed “at this very moment”.
“It’s too late to speak about de-escalation. Too late. The Russian President declared a war. Should I play the video of your President? You declared a war. It’s responsibility of this body to stop the war,” Kyslytsya said, directing his comments to Russian Ambassador Nebenzya.
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